Car collectors need to prepare their check books, as a1964 Shelby Cobra factory race car will be up for auction by RM Auctions at Amelia Island on March 3. The car is quite impressive, as it is one of only 42 race cars powered by a 289 cu. engine and one of the six cutback doors factory team cars.
The car has the CSX2557 chassis number and is in an excellent condition due to a restoration in the mid-1990s. This Cobra has a brief race history in the hands of Shelby and it is believed to sell b… (read more)
Having a Lamborghini is supposed to be a very special experience, as the Italian car manufacturer isn’t exactly building volumes. Just to get an idea of how many Lambos are out there, the automaker just celebrated the production of its 4,000th Murcielago. So they’re not that many.
If you’re one of the people who thought that the BMW M3 wasn’t quite sporty enough well, you’re insane. And apparently so are the people working at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, as the group just released its first photos and details of the 2011 BMW M3 Performance Package which appeared as a rumor back in January. The Performance Package is available for the coupe and convertible versions of the M3.
If you’ve got a Toyota that hasn’t been recalled yet, just wait a few more months. After recalling over 8 million cars worldwide due to the killer accelerator pedal, the Japanese manufacturer had to deal with another disaster: the ABS software from the new Prius was all wrong and caused braking problems.
CRP Racing recently reached an agreement with TTXGP, the rights holders and founders of the eGrandPrix international world series, which made it the official promoter of the 2010 TTXGP Italian Championship. CRP will join the Italian Motorcycle Federation (FMI) to promote the clean emission, zero carbon championship for Italy.
Starting Tuesday, February 16, smart will be kicking-off a new international brand campaign through several ten-second spots. These spots include fleeing ‘Hot Dogs’ and a filling station attendant and each end with a question that is meant to arouse viewers’ curiosity: What happened?
Officially, the Orange County Choppers (OCC) family odyssey came to an end, though many fans were tempted to think that all the quarrels between Paul Teutel Sr. and his two sons were just publicity stunts. The channel that produces and carries the reality bike building series, TLC, American Chopper has announced the show is going off the air after six seasons.
Nick Heidfeld insisted that he feels no remorse over the fact that he’ll take a sabbatical from F1 racing during the 2010 season. As confirmed by Mercedes GP last week, the German driver will not be making a single appearance in a Mercedes car on the track this year, as his role with the team will be to develop the car based on data from F1 simulators. 
New offerings from Powerlet are now available to ease riders’ journeys. The Apple 3G, 3Gs and iTouch Standard Powerlet Charging Cable is designed to work with Apple iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPod Touch devices and OEMs wiring harnesses. 
All future electric Audis will receive the e-tron badging, just like the 4 wheel drive models from the German manufacturer are all called quattro and its diesel engines (in fact all of the Volkswagen Group’s diesel engines) bare the "TDI" nameplate, as autoweek writes.
Japanese manufacturer Yamaha announced today it plans to transfer its all-terrain vehicle (ATV) production from Japan to the United States. With this transfer, the production capacity of YMC’s Japanese subsidiary will be integrated into YMC’s U.S. subsidiary (YMMC) based in Newnan, Georgia.
Lexus has released a teaser image of the upcoming Lexus CT 200h, which will have its world premiere at the Geneva Auto Show, next month.
Developing electric and hybrid vehicles became a priority for most automakers and, apparently, transmission builders. Delivering companies or government agencies are only two examples of organizations that ordered fleets of electric and hybrid trucks, so such vehicles are also under development.
After throughout the week manufacturers across the globe posted encouraging sales numbers for the first month of 2010, is German carmaker Volkswagen’s turn to top them all and post an apparently incredible 41.3 percent rise in deliveries. We say "apparently" because, as you all know, the numbers are compared to an extremely week January 2009. Still…
Opel-dedicated tuner Irmscher will introduce its refining program for the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show.
The 6th special stage of the Rally Sweden this weekend was not a lucky one for Finnish drivers Marcus Gronholm and Kimi Raikkonen. While both inside the overall Top 10 at the start of the stage, mechanical troubles with the car (Gronholm) and an unfortunate incident on the road (Raikkonen) pushed them far away from point contention for the rest of the event.
If you are any bit of an automotive industry enthusiast, then there’s no way you haven’t heard until now about the A5 Coupe and its revolutionary design. Praised (mostly) by its creators and countless others more or less authorized experts, the both Audi and the vehicle now have yet another reason to brag about: the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany 2010.
Nowadays everybody talks about green technologies, CO2 emissions, efficiency and renewable energy. And a lot of people seem to think that cars are the ultimate polluter, but that’s not really the case. China is the best example that an industry which does not give a crap about the environment is not the solution.
Renault announced that the Clio S version will be introduced to multiple markets in 2010.
Caught in the excitement caused by Porsche’s 911 GT3 R hybrid, we nearly missed the sudden appearance on several Porsche websites of a teaser showing the next generation Cayenne… The German carmaker used the same 911 GT3 R to highlight the upcoming Cayenne, scheduled to be released at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, just as we told you, for the first time, back in October 2009.